Word: certain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Force is faced with certain budgetary limitations which will require drastic and perhaps unpalatable decisions," LeMay told the air reservists. "These decisions must be made with one purpose in mind-to produce the greatest combat capability within the dollars and resources available. As weapons complexities continue to increase, the possibility of their being maintained and operated with a high degree of efficiency by other than members of the active establishment will decrease . . . Looking ahead, I can see the need for only one air reserve component. I personally do not believe we need both the Air National Guard...
...often does, pomp concealed a certain lack of substance. When revolutionary Iraq walked out of the Baghdad Pact last March, the remaining members along the strategic Northern Tier of the Middle East-Turkey, Iran and Pakistan -were badly shaken. To reassure them, the U.S. hastily signed bilateral defense treaties with each. (Unlike Britain, which is a full partner, the U.S. has consistently refused formal membership in the pact for fear of stirring up new resentment in India, Israel and most of the Arab states.) With this encouragement, the pact members moved their headquarters from Baghdad to Ankara, and rustled...
...your books you emphasize action. Don't you think that mysticism is sometimes very important? Has not some of the best good been given to the world by some mystics like Christ, Plato, Emerson, and certain oriental philosophers...
...other schools, summer operation would also present certain peculiar difficulties: requirements for promotion in many public schools, for example, presume that teachers can study during the summer, and gain additional academic credits. And both public and private schools face the risk that working full-time might make a teacher "stale." This danger is especially acute in boarding schools like Exeter, for when the teacher lives in the same building with students and sees them a great deal outside the classroom, teaching becomes a full-time job, instead of an "hours only" occupation. In colleges where the work load...
...like to have the youngsters here," he declared, but "beyond a certain point, we'd have to account for them to the visiting team." Since 45 per cent of the receipts go to the visitors, he continued, "we're not justified in giving out tickets to any additional groups...